Re: PPA time - where do you go?

Sheel wrote:
> Robert Moir burbled:
>
>> Ahoyhoy wrote:
>>> Anyone using their PPA time to work from home? Our HT says this is
>>> not possible for insurance purposes. Apparently, school would be
>>> liable if we had an accident working from home. She said she would
>>> need to visit everyone's home to carry out a risk assessment.
>>
>> As insane as it might sound, I've received information that suggests
>> much the same from an unrelated sphere of work.
>
> Does that mean we cannot do school work at home at any time, or just
> during school hours?
>
> If it's the former our hours are going to plummet.

Just that home work-spaces should undergo a H&S assessment to ensure their
suitability before working at home can take place. I understand, even
applaud the sentiment, but as usual with beauracracy, it'll all end in tears
and pointed-headed madness gone wrong.

I still can't remember where I first heard it, but heres some info. Sorry to
find all the depressing news :-(

http://www.flexibility.co.uk/flexwork/location/H&S.htm


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